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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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